Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Zone Training

by Vinnie Tortorich

Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich on this edition of their Wednesday Angriest Trainer podcast.

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VINNIE’S PHONE CALLS

  • 1 hour for $165, 30 mins for $100
  • Some people call in once, some 25 times
  • Often cheaper and more effective (and more convenient) than a physical trainer
  • Sometimes triathletes trying to get more competitive, sometimes people who haven’t lifted a finger in years
    • People he talks to have lost up to 200 lbs

THE AEROBIC ZONES

  • There are 5, but most people only need to deal with 4
  • Has to do with lactic acid and if your body can clear it or not
    • cramping w lactic acid if you’re an athlete is zone 5
  • You can learn max (BPM) to figure out where your zone cutoffs are
  • Zone two is about 180 – your age + a few depending on your fitness
    • Best fat-burning zone

 

Crushed Under the Weight of Sugar

by Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino host today’s Monday episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast.  They discuss Amazon winners, Vinnie’s Donaldsonville trip including his airplane food habits, and a Gary Taubes article concerning the science behind diets.

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ACCENTS

  • CCR sang with a cajun accent even though they are from CA
  • New Orleans and the bayou had very different accents
  • Donaldsonville accent is very endearing
    • Vinnie just visited his family here

GUN ISSUE

  • Vinnie believes people kill people, not guns
  • So many shootings all over the country
    • bad people with guns
  • Growing up in the bayou, everyone went to school with guns in their cars in plain sight
    • Never any shootings or anything of the sort

THIS WEEK’S AMAZON WINNER

  • Eddie is living in Auburn (perhaps going to the school)
  • He bought textbooks (~$600) through Vinnie’s site!

GARY TAUBES

  • Read his NY Times article here!
  • He is a science writer
  • Sums up science of different diets
    • How calorie counts don’t work, etc.
    • Eating less hurts
    • Semi-neurosis on just 1600 calories
    • Two different diets
      • 1900 calories both
      • 1 fat restricted and 1 carb restricted diet
        • It was only 6 days so low fat diet worked
          • In the LONG RUN, low fat WOULD NOT work

VINNIE ON AN AIRPLANE

  • He bought the cheese plate
  • Didn’t eat little piece of chocolate or grapes
    • He will eat grapes sometimes
  • Consumed the walnuts and the cheese
  • Had a couple peanut bags as well
  • The guy next to Vinnie had sandwiches and other high gluten/wheat foods
    • Cookies, crackers, etc.
  • Always creamer on planes
  • Nobody wants to be fat but it is the government, dietitians, etc. causing people to be misinformed

Stress & Weight Loss

by Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie Tortorich answers questions from Angela Ward on today’s Saturday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast!

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CAN STRESS CAUSE A PLATEAU?

  • Angela is 40, with perimenopause
  • Her weight loss has stopped, could it be due to stress?
  • How Angela eats
    • Breakfast: eggs with some protein
    • Lunch: green smoothie
    • Dinner: tonight, salmon and zucchini
    • Will snack on olives, nuts, occasional apple
    • She eats incredibly well!
  • Likely due to the stress
    • working out a lot with fitness classes
      • not too much
  • Angela does not yo-yo
    • Gain some lose some, etc
  • Vinnie recommends getting checked out, because it sounds like she is doing everything right
    • May be something in combination with perimenopause

ANGELA’S TRAINING

  • Exercises about 4 or 5 times a week with classes
  • Working with a team, going at her own pace
  • Not high intensity interval

FOOD DIARY

  • Angela has kept a diary, realized she was eating too few calories
  • Started being obsessive and overanalyzing everything
  • Should Angela keep a food diary?
  • Vinnie is conflicted with the food diary
    • For some people, it is success, for others, disaster
    • Really depends whether the person can be okay and not obsess over it
  • If you mindlessly eat, a food diary may be good

Fitness and Football with Bryan Braman of the Philadelphia Eagles

by Vinnie Tortorich

Bryan Braman, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles, joins Vinnie Tortorich on the Friday 1 on 1 edition of the Angriest Trianer podcast.

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WHO IS BRYAN?

  • NFL Football player
  • Has played since high school
  • Had a full scholarship to play college ball
    • really exciting for his family
  • Also a great track runner
    • Had it made in high school
    • Starting playing ball and loved it and switch
      • Allowed him to be in his own world when playing
  • Dealt with depression and turned his life around when joining NFL
  • Switched a lot around to play in college — good enough grades to transfer back into D1 school
    • He had to be a developmental player
  • Played 2 years at Long Beach City College
    • D2 athletics!
  • Made playoffs with the Eagles
  • Uses oil on sandwiches and in shakes
  • Has a wife and daughter

 

 

Ultra Cycling & the SILVER STATE 508

by Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Andy Schreiber talk the Silver State 508 on today’s Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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SILVER STATE 508

  • Vinnie and Andy crewed the Silver State 508 in Reno, Nevada
  • Competitive riders are only off 30-40 seconds every few hours to relieve themselves
  • Some solo riders might take 20-30 minutes off, eat something, make a pit stop, visit a booth (like PVC’s)
  • Others take a couple hours at night

Obesity, Hormones, and Triathlons

by Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie Tortorich and cohost Anna Vocino discuss lack of medication, hormones, and NSNG helping people on this Monday episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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DONALDSONVILLE

  • Vinnie’s hometown
  • Last time he visited, he commented how many people were overly obese and all were on at least 3 medications
  • There was initially some backlash, now many are NSNG and getting healthier
  • Vinnie is visiting again soon and will do a show with some NSNGers there

LISTENER DEXTER

  • Listener had food, pain, and other problems
  • Now, he does cardio, eats healthy, and feels way better
  • He supports NSNG and PVC!

AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK

  • Andrea Roberts is the winner
  • She bought period underpants that are stain proof through Vinnie’s website
  • She has also been doing NSNG to help her health issues
  • She will win some NSNG/PVC garb

CREATINE 

  • We get creatine from meat
  • Your body also makes it
  • If you start taking creatine, your body stops making it (bad)
  • If you take anabolic hormones, your body will stop making them

SQUATTY POTTY

  • Thousands of click throughs through the website, but no purchases through it
  • All fixed now, go buy your potties!

NICK CICHERCHI (sp) live

  • Cleveland is getting better with progressiveness and health and fitness
    • Gay Games hosted there
  • Co-author of The Macca Model
    • About Chris Mccormack and MaccaX
      • Triathalon and ultra events
  • Competition now about personality, but also the confidence to be a business man out of it
    • Calling upon sponsors, etc
  • Most of the pros show up to these events on their own time
    • Ironman makes tons of money from these events but does not pay those who place at the top
  • Chris is still racing but doesn’t train like he used to